Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)

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20091 Season8.4

Documentary, War & Politics

TMDB8.4

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Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: FR

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A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

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Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

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Director: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
Writing: Henri de Turenne, Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 8, 2009
Network: France 2
Studio: CC&C, Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD)

Time to finish

5 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

SERIES

20091 Season8.4

Documentary, War & Politics

TMDB8.4

Votes158

Your rating

Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: FR

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

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E1 · Airs Sep 8, 2009 · 53m · ★ 7.0
Aggression (1933–1939)
Colourised footage of Hitler as he visits the Austrian village where he grew up, see the heart-felt good-byes as French soldiers leave loved ones at Gare de l’Est train station in Paris and civilians. Hitler continues his conquest of Europe by invading Holland and Belgium.
E2 · Airs Sep 8, 2009 · 53m · ★ 7.6
Crushing Defeat (1939–1940)
The British troops hastily evacuate from the beaches at Dunkirk, France, but are forced to abandon kilometres of precious military vehicles and equipment. Heart-rending footage captures the plight of thousands of French civilians as they flee from the Nazis, as well as home movies taken by Londoners as they dig out from daily bombings.
E3 · Airs Sep 15, 2009 · 50m · ★ 7.7
Shock (1940–1941)
Polish prisoners and Jews are forced into slave labour to complete Nazi building projects. The Italian army is in disarray so Hitler dispatches one of his best generals to Libya. The Afrika Korps fry eggs on the surfaces of their tanks amidst the blistering desert sands of North Africa. Shock includes vivid colourised footage of the battle for the Soviet Union as the Germans struggle toward Moscow in the brutal Russian winter.
E4 · Airs Sep 15, 2009 · 53m · ★ 8.0
World Ablaze (1941-1942)
America joins the war as the conflict rages in South-East Asia, North Africa and Russia. The Allied forces are unable to slow the furious progress of the Japanese army through South-East Asia. Even India and Australia are at risk. The Nazis instigate The Final Solution.
E5 · Airs Sep 22, 2009 · 52m · ★ 7.9
The Noose (1942-1943)
The turning of the war against Germany, with Allied victory at El Alamein and Russian triumph at Stalingrad. In the North Atlantic, the Allies make progress in reducing the threat from German U-boats. Inside Hitler's Germany the SS gain more power, and in southern Europe the Allies fight their way though Italy.
E6 · Airs Sep 22, 2009 · 58m · ★ 7.6
Inferno (1944-1945)
Witness the D-Day landings and the liberation of Paris. In the east the Soviets liberate Auschwitz and fight their way to the heart of Berlin. Germany finally surrenders and Japan fights on until the 2 atom bombs are dropped.

Details

Director: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
Writing: Henri de Turenne, Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 8, 2009
Network: France 2
Studio: CC&C, Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD)

Time to finish

5 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

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